Accountant
Role Purpose:
To own the day-to-day accounting and month-end process for Oza Holdings maintaining accurate records, clean reconciliations, and reliable financial data for review by the Senior Accountant within a high-volume coal trading and logistics environment.
Key Responsibilities:
General ledger & month-end
- Prepare and post journals, accruals, and prepayments for the company.
- Perform monthly bank, balance sheet, and control account reconciliations.
- Maintain the fixed asset register, including logistics assets (vehicles, equipment).
- Prepare entity month-end packs for Senior Accountant review.
Inventory & cost of sales
- Reconcile stock ledgers to the general ledger and investigate variances.
- Verify landed costs (freight, duties, clearing) on imported goods.
- Support stock counts and process count adjustments.
Creditors & imports
- Process and reconcile supplier accounts, including foreign suppliers.
- Account for foreign exchange differences on import transactions.
- Match purchase orders, GRNs, and invoices (3-way matching).
Debtors
- Process customer invoices, allocate receipts, and reconcile debtor accounts.
- Support the collections process.
Tax & compliance
- Prepare VAT reconciliations and returns for Senior Accountant review (SARS eFiling).
- Provide supporting inputs for provisional and income tax to the Senior Accountant.
- Maintain audit and tax supporting documentation; assist with audit queries for the company
Qualifications Minimum
- BCom Accounting or equivalent. Preferred
- Completed SAICA / SAIPA articles or studying toward a professional designation.
Experience
- 3 Minimum years' accounting experience, including ownership of a month-end process preferred
- Experience in trading, logistics, distribution, or mining.
- Exposure to multi-currency and import transactions.
Technical skills
- Working knowledge of IFRS / IFRS for SMEs and inventory / cost accounting.
- VAT and general SARS compliance.
- Proficiency in [Sage / Pastel / SAP / Syspro] and strong Excel skills.